Pop Smear

A bully enjoying his vacation
Oblivious to all our confrontations
Speaking fondly of his junior years
When i was fighting tears
A bully enjoying his vacation

I can taste the anger and the hate
I have come to set the record straight
Twenty years seems long enough to wait
A bully enjoying his vacation

Cruising with my nemesis on high seas
Five drinks, he doesn't recognize me
Full of anticipation
I don't notice his depression
Cruising with my nemesis on high seas

My act of concern is just to tease
I'm about to send him to his knees
So close to force him begging please
He mentions terminal disease
A bully enjoying his vacation

And how he feels someone is dangling
His vile existence on a string
And now the sea he's conquering
Knows he can conquer anything
A bully enjoying his vacation

Aware of his terminal condition
Frustrated by my indecision
Knowing i'd regret this very day
I hit him anyway
Aware of his terminal condition

Once again, he got the best of me
I left him conquering the sea
A bully enjoying his vacation

Stripping flowers at pedal pace
Twirling blur of legs, legs and lace
Victoria, she loves her name

Running flushed our faces red
Daring her to kiss, to kiss my head
Victoria, she loves her name

Bathing in her innocence
Then drowned in her indifference
Victoria

I left her on her frozen route
I grew up while she, she grew out
Victoria, she loves her name

A social climb by offering love
'til everyone was inside of
Victoria
Loves

Now my love won't make amends
You cut the cord on which your life depends
Victoria, she loves her name

Like cheating in a children's game
Victory doesn't taste the same
Yet victoria, she loves her name
Victoria
Loves

Is it worth it to wait forever
When you find out there's really not much that you
Can say
Would it be worth it to wait forever
And everyone is saying you will come around

Is it worth it to search forever
When you find out there really isn't any other way
Would it be worth it to wait
Does it make it any easier

To save your time and give yourself
To open faces, open mouths
To any other one who reaches out
Does it make it any easier

We all love a millionaire
On the radio, with a great video
And all the orchestration
Backing up your screaming guitar
How'd you make it this far?

Do you gotta be straight on the line?
Do you gotta look great all the time?
Do you gotta be straight?

We'll even pay you, millionaire
Tell us of your abuse, we stand so amused
And what you said about the audience
Simple lyrics will do
Cause they don't have a clue

Do i gotta be straight on the line?
Do i gotta look great all the time?
Do i gotta be straight?

Wannabewannabewishiwereyouknowiwishiwereyouknow
Wannabewannabewishiwereyouknowiwishiwereyou

Now love me i'm a millionaire
Running out of cliches, but i'm keeping the faith
Now, should i repeat the second verse?
Or maybe the third?
It's becoming absurd

But i gotta be straight on the line
And i wanna be high all the time
Well, i gotta be straight

Gottakeepthefaith, gottaplayitstraight
Givepeaceachance, sittingonafence
Gottatowtheline, sweetchildo'mine
Pushcomestoshove, allyouneedislove

Through the remains i have been sorting
Seeking refuge underneath flourescent skies
An apocalypse of pity
I know she is safe and building her disguise

Bracing for the scavengers
Who reign upon my humble domain
Fills my face with anger
Into permanent distortion

I'm ugly getting over you
It's what you wanted
You're gorgeous running out of me
It's what you wanted
I'm ugly getting over you
I know that you're more beautiful now

Everday's survival lesson
Brings another scarring session to sustain
I anticipate a lesion
It's a chemical reaction to my pain

7,000 weathered faces
Hide my beautiful and buried smile
Sleeping seems to be the greatest medication

I'm switching channels, silly sitcoms are a metronome
One beat about half an hour
I will shun the radio
Because i hear my life in every song

Brushing off the bottle
I become a connoisseur for a night
Rake the dead grass from the bitter green
That's growing wild

She fell in love with a lover boy
In the old days i would walk alone
Any other day not disturbing
While the others roamed

And i listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We'd be lonely, blue and lonely

Then she fell in love with another one
I was older now, and followed a path
She had learned to be cool, to be caring
And i thought i should say
It's too much just to be
But not enough for the life of me
To be lonely, blue and lonely

That's when the river ran dry
That's when the river was all but a spill
That's when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will

She said her saviour was soon to come
From a long way, to bring back the girl he once knew
To be true and all loving
In the very best ways

And i listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We'd be lonely, blue and lonely

That's when the river ran dry
That's when the river was all but a spill
That's when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will

If time were a second
If life were a moment that once stood still
I'd leave it untattered, untouched, until

But it's too much just to be
But not enough for the life of me
To be lonely, blue and lonely

She fell in love with a lover boy
In the old days, i would walk alone
Any other day not disturbing

And i listened to her song
But would walk on the other side
We'd be lonely, blue and lonely

That's when the river ran dry
That's when the river was all but a spill
That's when the river ran dry
Every soul on the shore
Without sail, without will
And i knew it before, and i do know it still